reasons why i love pride & prejudice, specifically the 1995 adaptation
(ok when i started this i was going for a list of reasons but it ended up more like live commentary of the series oops)
it's so accurate???!? i read the book for the first time after having seen the miniseries like 4 times and i was stunned by how identical the dialogue was
literally all of mr and mrs bennet's dialogue is hilarious. she's such a drama queen and he's just there like please shut up but also sassy
mr darcy at the first ball is literally like a socially awkward emo teenager who hates everything whose mum (mr bingley) is encouraging to be more social and make friends lmao
when mr darcy compliments lizzy's eyes to miss bingley and she's so offended..... she's like wtf fitzwilliam how dare you appreciate a peasant??!?
elizabeth "i promise i shall never dance with [mr darcy]" bennet hahaha think again lizzy
when jane gets invited by miss bingley and mrs bennet is like go on horseback because it looks like raining so you'll spend the night lmao this woman is ready to do anything to see her daughters married huh
all the awkward encounters between elizabeth and darcy when she goes to netherfield like when she walks into the biliard room and they just stare at each other until she leaves lmao
that scene when they're all in the drawing room and miss bingley is like let's go for a walk around the room to refresh ourselves lmao people in the 19th century were really bored huh
the amount of tension between lizzy and darcy when they have that conversation about pride sksksksks
mrs bennet sure knows how to throw shade (at darcy) lmao
i really dislike him because he's so annoying but he's also so stupid and full of himself in a funny way it's hilarious i love it lmao
i literally lose it every time he mentions lady catherine de bourgh which is A LOT
just the tone in his voice when he says is so funny to me
for real why didn't mr collins go for mary she's literally the female equivalent of him like.....
oh wait i know why misogyny lmao
you know, i'm not going to talk about wickham because fuck him
the netherfield ball!!!!!
when miss bingley goes up to lizzy to diss wickham and lizzy looks so ready to cut a bitch lmao
when mr collins goes up to darcy to talk about lady catherine and lizzy and jane are like oh god oh fuck someone stop him shit it's too late and then darcy is like *read at 7:39pm* ajsnsjsks
ok but when mrs hurst goes and plays the piano that was amazing i don't like her but that was really good
mr collins's proposal. just. when he's like "let me tell you the reasons why i want to marry. and then the reasons why i want to marry you specifically" like pull out a whole powerpoint presentation why don't you
oh and OF COURSE lady catherine de bourgh is amongst the reasons ("that should have been the first reason actually")
when lizzy says no for like the second time and he's like "ah but a lot of times women refuse when they really mean to accept" unfortunately not much has changed in the way of men has it, no means no!!!
"if you do not accept his proposal, your mother will never see you again. and if you do accept his proposal, i will never see you again" i'd forgotten how much i love mr bennet he's so great
when lizzy finds out he proposed to charlotte and charlotte accepted and she's like BITCH WHAT THE FUCK
literally fuck miss bingley what a bitch. let jane be happy!!! fuck you
oh my g o d when they go to visit charlotte and mr collins and he starts going on about the STAIRS and how their steepness is ideal and the closet in lizzy's and how lady catherine suggested they put shelves in and cOuSiN eLIzAbEth LoOk hOw prAcTicAL iT iS laDy cAthEriNe tHinKs oF evErYtHinG shE's sO gOod tO uS
lmao when charlotte is like yeah i like my life most days we barely even see each other
when they go to rosings park and mr collins won't shut up about the 64 windows of the house and how amazing they are
lmao when lady catherine asks lizzy something and then turns away and lizzy CONTINUES TALKING and lady catherine just turns slowly like bitch wtf did i allow you to keep talking
when darcy won't stop STARING AT HER (because he's so in love) and she's there like wtf
the scene at the piano omg the amount of romantic tension between them and the staring at each other again god help me i love them so much
lmfao when mr darcy randomly visits lizzy and just sits with her for like 5 minutes and then gets up and leaves mood tbh
i will never get tired of the love confession scene tbh he goes in and literally walks around the room sits down gets up walks around some more for like 5 minutes before he finally starts talking
"in vain i have struggled. it will not do. my feelings will not be repressed. you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you."
and then elizabeth is like bitch what the fuck and pulls out a 40 slide powerpoint on why she could never love him
which was completely justified of her btw. darcy was a dick back then
the sequence at the beginning of ep4 when they're both having flashbacks to what the other said lol
also when lizzy has those flashbacks where darcy's full face just randomly appears out of nowhere like a ghost yeah what the fuck was up with that itβs SO WEIRD
when they go dine at rosings for the last time and lizzy is full on sarcasm about how oh so sad she is to be leaving and oh so grateful to lady catherine and mr collins loses his shit because he thinks she's being serious lmao
honestly though when she's all dramatic about darcy to maria but without actually saying anything and maria is just like ok wtf but whatever i guess, and then she does that again to her aunt and uncle when they're at pemberley and she's all like wE hAvE tO LeAVe nOw and they're just there like ummm ok?? what just happened here. i mean this is a thing that she does frequently and idk i'm wondering how her general acquaintance feel about it. like every once in a while she'll go all dramatic and everyone is like oh there goes lizzy dramatising her life and not explaining anything to anyone, again
lmao when maria tells her she's been packing and unpacking all night and lizzy tells her she can pack it however she wants and lady catherine will never know. like yes maria you are a strong independent woman and can pack your suitcase however you please
when lydia gets invited to brighton oh noooooooooooooo
time for kitty to develop her own personality i guess lol
i will never get tired of elizabeth only deciding to go to pemberley because she's 100% she won't run into darcy and then she does
also when they're staring at the house and she's like damn that is a nice ass house
i love how bad the paintings of darcy inside the house are because everyone is look how beautiful he is! and what a realistic painting this is! and then they show it and you laugh at loud because that shit is UGLY and nowhere near like colin firth
i still don't understand why darcy jumped in that pond. was it because he was trying to clear his head to not think about elizabeth? was this something he did regularly on his way home?
on that note, if he did it to forget about elizabeth it was pretty unfortunate for him that he literally ran into her 5 seconds later lol
HIS LACK OF SOCIAL SKILLS NEVER CEASE TO AMUSE ME
"are your parents well?" "yes" *1min later* "and your parents? are they well? and your sisters?" and ofc lizzy laughs at him
ok what i still don't understand is how when darcy returns suddenly he's all smooth and talkative and keeps the conversation well and alive and just what?? he went from 0 to 100 real quick in terms of social skills and i Do Not Understand
omg the next day when him and bingley and georgiana go the inn to meet her and bingley starts talking to her and he's so HAPPY AND EXCITED and i love how he goes "yes we haven't seen each other since we danced at netherfield on the 26th of november". boy's been counting the days since he last saw jane and i love it. he's so in love
on that note of so in love, the way the scene immediately switches to show us darcy staring at elizabeth while she plays the piano with full-on HEART EYES ahhh i'm so soft for them
and then that BITCH caroline goes and mentions wickham and darcy panics because his sister is right there elizabeth IMMEDIATELY sees and knows and goes back to georgiana to help her and changes the subject
i really think darcy fell even more in love with her when he saw how well her and his sister got along, and how much she cared for georgiana, because he probably could never love anyone who didn't seeing how important georgiana is to him
and then it just shows elizabeth and darcy staring at each other like this ππππππππππ total heart eyes
when caroline basically roasts him for being in love with liking elizabeth and he just snaps at her and says she's the most beautiful woman he knows GET REKT CAROLINE
omg when lizzy gets jane's letter and is really upset and he tries his best to comfort her ahh my heart
"i will never see him again" YES LIZZY YOU WILL
mrs bennet's worst case scenarios... convinced mr bennet's going to fight wickham and wickham will kill him lmao
you know I WONDER where lizzy gets her dramatic airs from
when mr collins shows up and is all basically throwing shade at them and lizzy is just like ok then if we're so bad how about you leave so you don't have to be around us for any longer
like yes lizzy drag him!!!!
when they show us lydia and wickham in london and you can see wickham starting to get pissed off at lydia... looking like he's regretting all his life choices
which he should, btw. he made terrible life choices and theyβre literally all his fault
when everything is (sort of) resolved and mrs bennet is like i knew everything would turn out well in the end! yeah SURE you did
when lydia and wickham come back and you can tell lizzy is so ready to fight
when lydia spoils that it was darcy who helped them and lizzy is like mr darcy?? did you just say mr darcy????
oh yeah also darcy taking all the blame for all that happened and insisting to pay for everything... i love one (1) wholesome responsible man
jk i love two (2) wholesome men because bingley
mr bingley and mr darcy came back to netherfield!!!!!!!!!
when they go to longbourn and darcy and lizzy just stare at each other the whole time. again
when darcy finally tells bingley he purposefully kept him and jane apart and admits that it was completely wrong of him. GROWTH
bingley still asks for darcy's blessing & darcy tells him he shouldn't need it & bingley replies that he would still rather have it. WE STAN A WHOLESOME & SUPPORTIVE MALE FRIENDSHIP
and then bingley just sprints to longbourn to propose to jane when most of them have barely woken up lmao
the scene when they're all sitting in the drawing room and mrs bennet is trying to get them to leave so it's just bingley and jane is so AWKWARD and funny lmao
"mama, why did you just wink at me??" "why would i wink at you kitty"
"actually now you mention it i need to talk to you about something UPSTAIRS!"
and then jane is happy :) finally :) jane deserves ALL the happiness :)
when lady catherine randomly shows up and just starts insulting their poverty lmao
while lizzy, kitty, and mrs bennet just stand there awkwardly
"your hall is too small" "so you call this a drawing room" "your west facing windows must be awful in the summer" ok boomer
and then proceeds to lose her shit at elizabeth while elizabeth just stands there
"he is a gentleman and i am a gentleman's daughter. we are equals" YOU TELL HER ELIZABETH
and then tells her she doesn't owe her anything which is just 19th century equivalent of go fuck yourself bitch
that whole scene was a big fuck you lady catherine de bourgh
and is probably one of the most iconic scenes in the show
when mr bennet calls up lizzy about how he's heard rumours that she's to be engaged to darcy and just finds it so funny and lizzy is just there like hahahahaha yeah that would be hilarious wouldn't it when she's probably just dying inside because darcy!!!! love of her life!!!!
no offense but the part when they go for a walk and confess their love to one another among other things is literally one of my favourite things ever
apart maybe from the piano heart eyes scene
when he says he hates himself for the things he said the first time he proposed and can't believe that was thing
and that he's eternally grateful to her because he doesn't think he would ever have changed if it hadn't been for her
on that note, gotta appreciate the fact that this isn't one of those stories where girl meets guy who's a dick, girl proceeds to change dick guy into a nice guy. no, lizzy did not change him herself, and she literally refused to be around him for as long as he was rude and selfish and everything she stood against. he himself decided to change, yes because of her, because he loved her and wanted her to love him back, but ultimately he did all the necessary changes to his character by himself. and only then, only then did lizzy properly start loving him. so yeah, here's more proof of why pride & prejudice is one of the best and one of my favourite love stories :)
oh yeah also, about how darcy wanted her to love him back ; βone word from you will silence me foreverβ yes he was openly grateful to her for everything BUT he was also 100% ready to shut up and leave her alone and accept it if she said no again. because he is A GOOD WHOLESOME MAN WHO RESPECTS WOMEN AND KNOWS THAT NO MEANS NO YES I'M LOOKING AT YOU MR COLLINS GET ON DARCY'S LEVEL
anyway yes i love mr darcy A LOT
but seriously i have such high standards for men and for any future relationships i may be in because of p&p and mr darcy specifically lmao
anyway going back yes i love that scene it is precious
they're so in love and the way they look at each other is so soft and ugh i love them so much
"dearest, loveliest elizabeth"
i can't believe they're not even holding hands in that scene
and then when mr bennet finds out he proposed to him and he's like bitch what the fuck because darcy??? this guy??? seriously???
"join this man, and this woman... and this man, and this woman"
we love a double wedding of the two best and most wholesome couples
lmao caroline and georgiana's faces at the wedding. fuck you too :)
when they walk out and they're so happy!!!!!! their smiles!!!!! aaaaahsjskssjajanj
for real colin firth's big smile in that scene is just,, precious,,
ngl, one of the things i wish would have been included in the miniseries is the epilogue from the book... i loved it it was so happy and wholesome
anyway i love this book and this story and the 1995 miniseries and i need to reread the book
oh and also, the music in the miniseries is really good!! the theme song is literally perfect i love it so much
so yeah i love pride & prejudice :,) thank you jane austen for giving us this beautiful beautiful story
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